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Ricky Kej and Anoushka Shankar nominated for the 67th Grammy Awards
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Ricky Kej and Anoushka Shankar nominated for the 67th Grammy Awards

Ricky Kej and Anoushka Shankar are among the Indian nominees for the 67th Grammy Awards.

Three-time Grammy winner Kej earned his fourth nomination for “Break of Dawn” in the Best New Age, Ambient or Vocal Album category, the Recording Academy announced Friday.

The category, which includes albums containing more than 75 percent new vocal or new age instrumental recordings, also includes Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn by sitarist and composer Shankar.

Other nominees in this category are “Warriors of Light” by Radhika Vekaria and “Triveni” by entrepreneur and musician Chandrika Tandon, created in collaboration with flautist Wouter Kellerman and cellist Eru Matsumoto.

Shankar also earned an additional nomination for his lead role in Jacob Collier’s song “A Rock Somewhere”, which also features singer Varijashree Venugopal, who bagged her first nomination.

The track is nominated in the Best Global Musical Performance category, a segment dedicated to “new recordings of global vocal or instrumental music.”

Kej first won a Grammy in 2015 for “Winds of Samsara” in the Best New Age category, then for “Divine Tides”, with Stewart Copeland in 2022. In 2023, he and Copeland were honored again for “Divine Tides”, this time. winning the award for Best Immersive Audio Album.

The 2025 Grammy Awards are scheduled to take place on February 2, 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.